Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-02
IN A CHINESE THEATRE.
a FEW INTERESTING PASSAGES
FROM A CELESTIAL PLAY.

Tho Villain Appears With . Piec, Of
ssieEing Plaster on the Bridge of Bis
Nose-A Deiusc Represented ON the
Stage.
tho play went right along. A new charac-
ter tylso presented himself was n r.,a,, IN q
brown suit 1sIib came forwsa4i with a suirk
and q smile such would have sless., credit
70 IDaflie i1aeku-- He looked Ike an actor
Defh- las mobile features gave eloqaence Il,
LIS changes OF countetsailce His p,esfs.rs~
'sefe graceful, and, insIeed, his very presence
suggested tue actor. Tie others Lad Ise.,, ne
STIR IS sticks, with apparently little expes-i
eIice CT 60 Jus
lie u good actor said I to sIr. Sang
Kee.
~oh, no. said Ea, she Is villain. The
COR young man is good, but this fellow &
ja1 DO you not sec that 10 has G niece az
sticking t,lfs tho bridge Of his uoset
That Is always put on lie noses 81 bad ,,,e.,
~ cur plays. SO THAT no matter be,sy r,ieeJy
they n1fiy talk o. how kindly they may seem
70 NC behaving the auziellce knows THAI they
are iot to be trEIstssis
While tue bni Cher was singing that he was
a butcher the snEcs put one Of the two, chairs
behind tie tablc. and when this had ., dom.
TIE butcher saiii he must 20 aud orsn hi
store. Ilc walked UP and down the stage
aiHl then sutieerly discovering the tai,. sail.
iAefe Is nay store lie rEises one band over
Ms iieu aiit made believe klsoek on aH ifassa-
merry eiooF Ia Ihe air IN front Of him Thea lie
put the palms OF his hands together a,I fine
them apart us II opening the door, said NJ.
i5aiag hee. tbs taone, the butcher sat ti,ssY.
behin'i Tie table, at,I tho poor young herr
walked into the store. The hero told fts
h1tfsIcf ali Ihat this fairy had promised ff,s
eIE.i, ana no sooner Ead the young nan gore
away han tie wIckezi butcher took q lif.s,
o""i OF black paint and painted great log
euse ike teors the idiotic fare of the pane,
lioa- Why he dii This I forgot to INQUIRE
but it eTIeIeltIy fulfilled the fairy1s prt1phecy
~ the sequel shovel. The I,s-ro eaius ii, with
us mother. aud was good enough not to in
tefFiDs her y Iiis she iectur.l and cosIrIseesI
hli2l III tedious monotone in both soiiloauy
and cilautesl solo. Sue sat like block Of
wood and delivered herself entirely through
sscr nose. Pgt.aeiftIT Der son led her rs,. and
theii came back and discovered The tear, On
the lions facs- The average American school
boy OF ten years Of age gouhi better simulate
establishment ami delight tiiass I,e did, though
lie tired very harti To give expression to those
einoiions. And lie was quite as talented an
actor as ten Of the dozen in tie troupe.
Certain conventions Of Chinese art liam
persd them excessively; for Instance. they
were obliged to walk OH tiptoe, because that
e considered tire elegant thing to do; they
lad to stand still while talking, and to limit
the r gest ures within the narrow bounds Of
tie Ges1icGiatio-ls possible to jumping jack.
Finally, Whenever one sat down he or she
felt obliged to turn Lis or her toes out, with
both tue knees aud feet at least twelve inches
apart. Mr. Sang Aee said that was a very
nice way u sit.
But you dcsi't sit that way" sslif.
sS'pose I'ii alone, sit airy way my legs
and feet happen 70 come. Dus s'pess, come
to sec ycu ii Your house, or you come TO see
NE IN my store, then pay you the coEtlpli-
'feut % RANGE my feet and knees anu skirts
very particularly ia that way"
After tire hero lad discovered the tears On
tue Hons cheeks, he rushed CT the stage, and
then amid tic widest musical clarlor inlaa-
Unable two youths bearing banners lei tue
way for q MAN III lowiEg brown sleeves ana
brgecilcs, wlo declared bimsslf 10 be the
terrible gcsl Of TIC blizzard, the cyclone, une,
tic deluec, about to ail,rz5e tiniS.f By drown,
ing large Part OF CAlna- lie pFsncszi about
ssSas 4L-- GliS L. liz. n
musicians played with such vi-cr tfat tie
theatre was is.setl with EoISe ike q consiljlsa
t!on Il q boiler shop AMI I dog r,ouni or,
GroTnIng day. Tho cigarettes drorrel from
TIC mouths Of tie musicians tic slI,es ran IN
10 the balcony 10 SEC Tie terrible spectacle.
and tie god aud lis banner bearers lev
cIo;sad Until they were Hct with Uersplratjc,I,.
Aftar tins was over tne hero und lis mother
came cut and sung about the foods and the
necessity fcr hiring L rowJo1t- They hired
one, consisting Of 4 uau wuo booked like a
CuLacsa tramp, ARA uho Id polo il his
hand. The LeEOaUd his mother stood shoulder
TO shoulder, AMI tic loatIuaa jalbed the
stage as II he was pOllu- lis boat III the
water III Ito neEt Sccuc, amid I terrible
cian1ov, tue whole available force Of the COM
!s2hy wcs mustered On tie sta-c, wberc thew
Sputcercd aud ws-yt-t tdcir arms and e-asrerI
t0r breath in various efforts to iu,.icata that
= fearful dGla-c was disturbing them The
god aGa his banner b IS urged OH the ele-
uents with ElGeoCs faces and violent scamp
cliag about. and finally one actor, ! stout and
-.lSsiglatel looking li2a OF -, bat dressed Is Z
10y, threw q Lis hands and sank, drowned.
2u.I Inc stas,o
Cpto MS point, If lfr. Sang Aee had not
posted me l ,baull have supposed the scene
10 represent 4 Cuiuese dance = view in q mad
GolSc, . battle, or any oEc Of = DOZEN other
things; bat ! never should have guessed tlsat
Il was Tie C9odla- Of q section OF country.
Tic Ecrc poled himself Oh tie stage. LIE and
d mother each giving = hr,lo hop onward
every time lie raE out Lis pole. aud lie Cur,r
himself Oh the drowned man ard pulled him
ASHORE, aiterward splitting vioIe.atlY and
wVialllg Lis Sleeves Is # lie was soaking wet.
even 10 the interior of LIS lunzS y. this
WIS done Just IS c lot OF American children
mi GIT have acted il childish imitation OF sim
liar conditions. After tae Young nero had
Suu- for five minutes to & tune that was al
ready growing very familiar t>iuce 1t vas
only varied Icy 4 tremendous clainor VIXEN
the fairy CT god canc in, the drowned far
man opened lis eyes, recognized lis deliverer
aud embraced hin. In the course Of a
;e-lioas ra.aycr, III which tho rescued old man
sGid lie WIS IS Years old, and tie hero said he /
was two years younger, the rescued cid fell
low asked if tie young hero had any
brothers. No said lie hero, i lave none,
Tut l need them. FEY I am poor I also am .
po6.,H said the Old fellow, and l will be
your brother and We Will be rich There
urou they embraced. wen1 down on their
knees and took an cath to JOS to bc true and {
owing brothers This gave the mid and
iaotEcr a chance Sue could not
neglect Spreading her gown like hen f
trailing is wings, she sidled to q chair, sat
down with q snrU}s on her face and sang ana /
-alsel for fUu ten minutes. " lille her soa and +
adopted hoy looked ca a,,ulirinslv. To the 4
sanlc weiol tune IS the others had sung to, /